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Tufts added that “even limited spending increases in education could bring real benefits, potentially including greater racial and economic equity; the benefits of transit and transportation spending are less clear.”

"Whatever voters decide on Question 3, the broader fight over alcohol sales in Massachusetts is likely to continue, with more expansive ballot questions in the years ahead," Evan Horowitz, the group's executive director, wrote in the report.

The report, which strikes a neutral stance on Ballot Question 3 overall, notes that cities and towns across Massachusetts would still have the power to limit the volume of liquor licenses in their individual jurisdictions.

Tufts University’s Center for State Policy Analysis did an analysis of the possible outcomes and found that this measure passing is unlikely to have a major impact on consumer costs.

The Center for State Policy Analysis has estimated that as much as 35 percent of the estimated revenue from the tax will be avoided by people leaving the state or changing some of their decisions as investors and business owners.

A study released in January by cSPA found that the millionaire’s surtax could raise a “meaningful amount of money” in a “highly progressive way likely to advance racial and economic equity.”

cSPA issued a report last week that predicted a mix of outcomes: Insurers may lower monthly premiums, streamline operations..., or pay more in dental claims by covering more procedures or allowing dentists to bill higher prices.

The report by Tuft’s University’s Center for State Policy Analysis suggested that while most large dental insurers would likely be able to comply with proposed requirements, smaller providers would face increased financial pressures.

Why are Massachusetts dentists and orthodontists spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a campaign to change the rules governing dental insurance? Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, has the answer in a report released Thursday: money.